Opuntia phaeacantha var. castorea S.L.Welsh & N.D.Atwood
, Utah Fl., ed. 3. 75 (2003).
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60435266-2
- Species Name
- Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm., Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts n.s., 4: 51 (1849).
- Publication
- Utah Flora, ed. 3. Provo, UT.
- Collation
- 75
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- L. C. Higgins, S. L. Welsh & K. H. Thorne 14335
- Locality
- Washington Co.: Motoqua, T39S, R19W, S5,along Beaver Dam Wash, alt. 1157 m
- Collection Date
- 8 Jun 1984
- Type Herbaria
- holotype BRY
- Distribution Of Types
- Utah County (Utah, Southwestern U.S.A., Northern America)